The Fort Edward Lions Club has changed its tune. The Lions Club met last week, three days after the Adirondack Drums show was canceled, to figure out what do to about ticket-buyers who were left with nonrefundable tickets. The tickets cost up to $22, and many would-be spectators bought them with the understanding that the […]
Drum corps returns to San Jose for the second time this summer as the annual California State Open Championship, featuring some of the best Open Class and All-Age corps in the United States will be hosted by the Vanguard Cadets on Saturday evening, July 18 at Yerba Buena HS in San Jose. The "Open" will […]
Welcome back, if you have spent an evening with us before. For those of you who have never experienced a live drum corps show, you won’t believe your eyes and ears. See the culmination of hundreds of performers’ thousands of hours spent perfecting a show. They’re here performing for you and you won’t soon forget […]
She’s part color guard performer, part belly-dancer and all temptress. In today’s Field Pass, we meet the woman at the center of the Boston Crusaders’ 2009 program, "The Core of Temptation." Have a question, comment or request for Field Pass? Leave a message for Dan Potter by phone at 317.489.9385 or by e-mail at fieldpass […]
The first Drums Along The Strip had attendance of 557 paid attendees. We’d like to thank all of you who were in attendance and for all of the positive feedback we have received. The performances by the corps were received very well and the encore by the Bluecoats and Blue Devils was a fitting end […]
Sean King, Director of the US Scholastic Band Association, and George Hopkins, the CEO of Youth Education in the Arts, got the grand tour of the new Meadowlands Stadium from Ron Vandeveen on Thursday, July 2nd. "Ron, who used to work at the NJ Sports and Exposition Authority, is well aware of our program and […]
Emil Pavlik pushed himself up from his wheelchair, eager to see the crowd gathered before him. The 89-year-old pumped his fist and tapped his foot, looking down from the front porch as The Kilties Drum and Bugle Corps stopped during Saturday’s Fourth Fest parade to serenade him. “Whoo hoo,” Pavlik said. “I never expected it.” […]
The Racine Scouts Drum & Bugle Corp lost a very dear member this afternoon, Sunday June 28th. Dorothy was involved with the Corp for approximately 46 years serving as a volunteer. In 2005, DCI named her the "Volunteer of the Year". A mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated next week Thursday, July 9th at […]
Dan Potter is headed off early to Pasadena, California’s Rose Bowl Stadium for the DCI at AmericaFest event taking place on Independence Day. So today’s “Fun-and-Games” edition of the Field Pass is all up to you … your e-mails, voicemails and requests. Have a question, comment or request for Field Pass? Leave a message for […]
A bankruptcy hearing on the fate of the Nashua-based Spartan Drum & Bugle Corps has been postponed again. The hearing, slated for Thursday, was postponed to July 13. The court had delayed two previous hearings at the request of the organization’s attorney. The organization filed for bankruptcy protection last fall, with its director, Paul LaFlamme, […]
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